Kentucky Basketball ’s defense allowed 85 points, but the offense put up 99 and was scorching from 3-point land, an area this team has struggled mightily at times in, allowing the Wildcats to come away with a 99-85 victory over the Bellarmine Knights.

Kentucky had recently discovered a new identity. The Wildcats were playing smash mouth basketball in year two under Mark Pope with the defense leading the way. UK’s work on that end of the floor led directly to some big second half comebacks in resume-boosting wins against Indiana and St.

UK finished the first 20 minutes with 11 turnovers and St. John's scored 16 points off those blunders. Lowe in the second half quarterbacked an efficient offense by dishing out three dimes to zero turnovers,

Five things you need to know from Kentucky’s 99-85 win vs. Bellarmine: 1. Jayden Quaintance’s encore. The Kentucky big man made a smashing Wildcats debut in UK’s 78-66 win over St. John’s in last Saturday’s CBS Sports Classic.

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